Life — October 19, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of "A False Statement" This page contains a satirical story about **St. Peter at the gates of heaven**, not a political cartoon. The illustration shows St. Peter confronting a woman who claims to have raised seven children with difficulty. The satire targets **dishonest claims about parenthood**. When the woman insists her children suffered greatly before arriving in heaven, St. Peter accuses *her* of actually raising them—implying she's taking credit for work she didn't do. He sarcastically suggests she "bathed and fed them" and "picked up the things that they dropped." The joke mocks people who exaggerate their hardships or take false credit. The byline credits **K.L. Roberts** as the author. Below are unrelated humor snippets about moving pictures and a spelling lesson.